A process for producing oxidized organic chemical products from various
organic chemical feedstocks utilizing as oxidant hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
produced by noble metal nanocatalysis with high selectivity at low
hydrogen concentration. The organic chemical oxidation process step can
optionally be carried out in situ concurrent with the production of
hydrogen peroxide or in a two stage process. In the two stage process, the
hydrogen peroxide intermediate is directly produced by noble metal
nanocatalysis from hydrogen and oxygen feeds plus a suitable solvent in a
first catalytic reaction step. An organic chemical feedstock and the
hydrogen peroxide intermediate and solvent solution are fed into a second
catalytic reactor to produce an oxidized organic chemical product.